Gocompare Com : Non-Executive Director Appointment

GoCompare.com Group plc

22 February 2018

Non-Executive Director Appointment

GoCompare welcomes Silicon Valley tech executive Joe Hurd

The Board of GoCompare.com Group plc ('GoCompare') is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Hurd as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 22 February 2018.

Joe is a Silicon Valley-based angel investor and entrepreneur, serving on the advisory boards of a number of technology companies, including purse.us (blockchain ad technology), Psychability (programmatic TV advertising), and exciteM (interactive TV content).

Until recently, Joe was the Director of Emerging Business at Facebook, Inc., where he was responsible for cross-functional strategy, operations and go-to-market planning for Facebook's advertising monetisation efforts.

Between 2009 and 2012, Joe was an Obama Administration appointee, advising the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on trade policy and serving on the White House Business Council. Prior to this, Joe held senior business development roles at Gannett Broadcasting, VideoEgg, Friendster and AOL. He started his professional career in London as a corporate securities lawyer at Linklaters.

Joe is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the North American Group of the Trilateral Commission, and is on the Board of Directors of Bullis Charter School and the American Swiss Foundation.

He received an A.B. cum laude from Harvard, an M.I.A from Columbia, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He and his family live in Los Altos, California.

Commenting on the new appointment, Sir Peter Wood, Chairman of GoCompare.com Group plc, said:

'I'm pleased to welcome Joe to the GoCompare Board. Joe has a wealth of experience working with exciting tech companies throughout the world, and he will play a valuable and important role on the Board as the Group looks to develop its mission of 'helping people everywhere save time and money'.'

There is no additional information required to be disclosed in relation to Joe Hurd pursuant to paragraph LR9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority.

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About GoCompare.com Group plc (www.gocomparegroup.com)

GoCompare.com Group plc (GOCO) operatesGoCompare, a leading UK financial services, utilities and home services comparison website; and The Global Voucher Group Limited (trading asMyVoucherCodes), which is a digital media and affiliate marketing specialist that connects consumers with money saving offers from the world's leading brands.

GoCompare attracts approximately five million visits every month and is designed to help people save time and money. When GoCompare launched in 2006 it disrupted the insurance market as the first comparison website to display policy details rather than just listing prices. GoCompare's goal was then, and still is now, to help people make better-informed buying decisions that save them time and money.

MyVoucherCodes.co.uk is one of the UK's biggest discount voucher websites. It launched in November 2006 and provides sales, discount and voucher code information to millions of consumers across the UK every month.

Each week, MyVoucherCodes send a variety of emails with the best selection of deals, vouchers and offers across fashion, restaurants, electronics, travel, beauty and more to its eight million email subscribers.

GoCompare.com Group plc uses data gathered from more than 20 million customers over the last 11 years to underpin its drive to continually improve its proposition and leverage its strong position.

The Group is also an investor inSouqalmal.com, the leading comparison business in the Middle East; and in promising fintech start upMortgageGym, the mortgage robo-adviser.